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Baby names in Michigan, 1970s

1970–1979 · 1,280,512 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Michigan across the 1970s, with 32,217 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,280,512 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Michigan in the 1970s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Akeela8
Dajuan76
Dujuan55
Deshawn324
Dejuan153
Hussein19
Martez55
Delano89

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael32,217
#2Jennifer28,495
#3Jason23,809
#4David20,369
#5Christopher18,960
#6James18,596
#7Robert18,447
#8Matthew15,973
#9John15,712
#10Brian15,558
#11Amy14,462
#12Scott13,116
#13Michelle12,968
#14Jeffrey11,962
#15Lisa11,847
#16Daniel11,807
#17Melissa11,155
#18Eric11,035
#19William10,969
#20Angela10,845
#21Heather10,829
#22Joseph10,627
#23Kimberly10,491
#24Steven10,409
#25Kevin10,396

Other decades in Michigan

All Michigan names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org